Age differences in clinical features and outcomes in patients with COVID-19, Jiangsu, China: a retrospective, multicentre cohort study

Luo, Huanyuan, Liu, Songqiao, Wang, Yuancheng, Phillips-Howard, Penelope ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-116X, Ju, Shenghong, Yang, Yi and Wang, Duolao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-2464 (2020) 'Age differences in clinical features and outcomes in patients with COVID-19, Jiangsu, China: a retrospective, multicentre cohort study'. BMJ Open, Vol 10, Issue 10, e039887.

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Abstract

Objectives
To determine the age-specific clinical presentations and incidence of adverse outcomes among patients with COVID-19 in Jiangsu, China.

Design and setting
Retrospective, multicentre cohort study performed at 24 hospitals in Jiangsu, China.

Participants
625 patients with COVID-19 enrolled between 10 January and 15 March 2020.

Results
Of the 625 patients (median age, 46 years; 329 (52.6%) men), 37 (5.9%) were children (18 years or younger), 261 (41.8%) young adults (19–44 years), 248 (39.7%) middle-aged adults (45–64 years) and 79 (12.6%) elderly adults (65 years or older). The incidence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes comorbidities increased with age (trend test, p<0.0001, p=0.0003, p<0.0001 and p<0.0001, respectively). Fever, cough and shortness of breath occurred more commonly among older patients, especially the elderly, compared with children (χ2 test, p=0.0008, 0.0146 and 0.0282, respectively). The quadrant score and pulmonary opacity score increased with age (trend test, both p<0.0001). Older patients had many significantly different laboratory parameters from younger patients. Elderly patients had the highest proportion of severe or critically-ill cases (33.0%, χ2 test p<0.0001), intensive care unit use (35.4%, χ2 test p<0.0001), respiratory failure (31.6%, χ2 test p<0.0001) and the longest hospital stay (median 21 days, Kruskal–Wallis test p<0.0001).

Conclusions
Elderly (≥65 years) patients with COVID-19 had the highest risk of severe or critical illness, intensive care use, respiratory failure and the longest hospital stay, which may be due partly to their having a higher incidence of comorbidities and poor immune responses to COVID-19.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 505 Viral respiratory tract infections
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039887
Related URLs:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e0...
Depositing User:	Rachael O'Donoghue
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2020 10:50
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2022 10:39
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/15779

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